The Greater Jakarta Integrated Mass Transit System is an

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that primarily serves the area of

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and surrounding areas. The system commenced operations in December 2011 with the introduction of

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

service on the existing rail between Jakarta and satellite cities. The system have since expanded and currently consists of 11 fully operating rail lines in a radial formation; five

lines, one

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line to the

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's (SHIA) Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3, four

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lines, fourteen bus rapid transit line and one

high speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single def ...

line to

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. The system encompasses of grade-separated railway with 371 operational stations.

History

KRL Commuterline

The modernization of the commuter railway system, begin in 2011. Network operations were greatly simplified from 37 point-to-point service patterns into six integrated lines (known as "loop line" system) all running local, stopping at every station, as express services were abolished. On 17 April 2013, the Commuterline extension to Maja in the Green Line commenced operation.

Jakarta MRT

Transport issues are attracting increasing political attention with a government goal of increasing the number of trips using public transport to 60% by 2030. The idea of MRT construction in Jakarta has been sparked by the Head of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology,

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(a man who would later become

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). The first line of the Jakarta MRT was officially operated on 24 March 2019 after being inaugurated by President Joko Widodo.

Jabodebek LRT

The Jabodebek light rapid transit project is aimed to tackle Jakarta's high road traffic congestion. The northern section of the LRT project partly replaces the

Jakarta Monorail The Jakarta Monorail ( JET Monorail) was a cancelled monorail network project in Jakarta, Indonesia. If completed, it would have comprised two lines, totalling up to . The project had a tumultuous history. First awarded in 2003, the contract ch ...

project which has been cancelled. The LRT's public free trial run, is planned started on 12 July 2023, with commercial operations slated to begin on 17 August 2023. The trial lasted until 17 July, before it was halted for a software upgrade.

Jakarta LRT

The proposed LRT system in Jakarta was initially conceived as an alternative to the suspended

construction project. A full public trial run began on 11 June 2019 between Boulevard Utara and Velodrome stations, with free admission to registered ticket holders.

SHIA Airport Rail Link

The project plan was officially solidified only in 2011 with the issuing of a presidential regulation, Keppres No. 83 Year 2011, which assigned PT Angkasa Pura II and

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to carry out the project. The railway was opened between

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and BNI City on 26 December 2017 and officially inaugurated on 2 January 2018. Services were extended to Manggarai on 5 September 2019.

Whoosh

Concepts for high-speed rail (HSR) in Indonesia were first to discussions at Asian Investment Summit in 2013, and detailed plans being set forth in 2015. The Jakarta-Bandung HSR began trial operation with passengers on 7 September 2023, and commercial operations on 2 October 2023.

Transjakarta

Transjakarta was conceived to provide a fast, comfortable, and affordable mass transportation system. The proposal for a BRT system in Jakarta was emerged in 2001.

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at the time,

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proposed four mass public transportation modes in Jakarta:. The first Transjakarta line opened to the public on 15 January 2004. It was free for the first two weeks, after which commercial operations started on 1February 2004.

Integration

Initially, different competing companies operated the various transit systems and had developed these rail and bus systems separately and at various times. As a result, many of these systems did not integrate well with the others, making transferring from system to system inconvenient for passengers. Then in December 2017,

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was introduce as a public transport integration program designed to integrate payment and physical connection between transport modes in

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. The integration includes

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Light Metro A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS trains are usually 1 to 4 cars. Most medi ...

, MRT,

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Airport rail link An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport between an airport and a nearby city. Direct links operate straight from the airport terminal to the city, while other links require an intermediate use of a people mover or ...

and local

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(Mikrotrans).

System network

Rolling stock

References

External links

*
MRTJakarta – PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta official website

KAI Commuter/Commuterline website

Official website
(Whoosh)
Official website
* {{Rapid transit in Asia Underground rapid transit in Indonesia Rail transport in Jakarta Transport in West Java Transport in Banten Rail infrastructure in Indonesia Transport in Jakarta